New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-27
THE YACHTS SEEN AGAIN.
TIE CORoNEr WELL IN THE LEAD.
OFFICERS or TIE sAALE REPORT SEEING BOTH

race. The interest qulokened by the report made
yesterday by the officers OF tho steamship saae that
they had sighted the schooncrs last Monday The Lookout
on the saae sighted the hrs. OF the two the
leeward OF the steamship. cutting along through the
water at fair rate She under recfed foresail.
staysail and mansall The wind blowing a small
gala from the westnorwest From their best point Of
observation the officers OF the Saae made out the
straight stem OF the Coronet. She displayed signals,
which the saae people made those Of the Coronet
The schooner was making rapid progress and taking ad
vantage Of all the sail she could safely carry.
About 100 miles astern OF the vessel
assumed ~ be the COrOnet second yacht
WAS sighted bowling along In nearly the
She was heading east by noth while the Coronet was
pointing south Of east when sighted She about six
miles 10 the southwark OF the sase and the weather
getting thick that her signals could not readily be
distinguished. The position OF the leading boat was
latitude 49, co. longitude $40 40. The position Of
the second vessel latitude 45o 3p longitude 800 52
This would make the distance between the points about
ninety-fo miles but assuming that the Coronet had
made only six miles hour, while the saale had been
making the nnetyfour miles, she would be about 40
miles ahead OF the Dsuntess.
Captain Rccher. OF the Saale said When sighted
the Coronet about IL Monday IL clear wealth
with the wind hight from the northeast and high sea
running. As the day the wind shifted and hauled
To the eastward and then to the northeast Then 1t
veercd back to the and finally worked to the south
toHL hs tue Nluu 10 le soulHNHu thc
southern horizon became thick, and then
came a half gale with rain. About 4 O'Clock
n the afternoon sighted another yacht about six miles
To the sodthward Of us This was probably the Daunt-
less. hut her ihdistnctly She appeared 10 be
taking In sail and preparing for storm She was head
ing about east by north. As could make out
the first yacht was in latitude 46' O9. longi-
tule 3io 40. and the second yacht was In
Latitude O. 33. longitude 81. The yacht that we
passed brst Larger than ths last AMI think from
the description OF the Coronet, which 1 have since
learned. that IL vas she"
There Is strong disposition among yachsmen 10 qucs-
on the accuracy of these reported observations When
the steamer Kansas OF the Warren Line. sighted the
Coronet saturday she In latitude 43o 3y. ong
tnde i3 iG. Those who doubt the Saales story do so
theory the wod have been at least two
degrees OF latitude OF their This Is accounted
for however easily by the force and direction OF the
wind There was moderate gale IRON
the eastward blowing before the Kansas sighted the Cnro
net Captain Crosbys Intention, In case there
shonsl I've any wcsrns In the wind, was to keep tho
Schooner running and do the best he could about MS
course
The doubts that thrown upon the story came
chiefly frnI Dauntlcss They don't like the notion
thd their boat 100 miles behini with at least seven
days moro running DO II toD close tho heels
o false spatch from Boston, that their vorite h
been -ighted OF Roches Point They were much dis
posed 10 believe that story IL circulate on
Friday night, an its contra licton was blow To them
Tue Curonet must have $40 miles after she was
seen hy the 10 reach the spot where she was
sighted b. the saalc She would thus have been keeping
up a speed OF nearly 900 miles day. f she has main
tncl thi. rate Monday she has chance OF reach
Ing Rorhe's Po int tomorrow. The voyage will have
been anirk one blt not quicker that ot the iien
eta In December 1866 The Henrietta made tile trip to
Cove. In 10 day- 22 hbnrs. She was racing with the
F,ctwing and the ve. and the yachts thought moth
Ing OF msklng 80 miles In twenty-'our hours
ms moi thonght Dy competent yachtsmen that any Of
the weather encountered by the racers 80 far has been
really dangerous In fact II It they are In
splendid condition 10 meet IL They have no cargo.
which tho great strain upon sailing vessels tn severe
seas and long they handled carefully and Keep
going IL - difficult what could be'all them OF
really serious nature The Feewings accident IN 1866
came from lying 10.
r. r. Bush. owner OF the Coronet. was fonut IN hi-
Office Ia Pearst shortly after Ie report from the saale
became known Mr. Bash was 10 a genial fralna ~
mind. he hal already received the news anu
nrnly believed the lea Hug boat To he the Coronet
g don't think that there s any doubt about H., he
SAID Tor from what learn the leading yacht TALES
with the description OF tho Coronet And again. ~ tho
Coronet, ma,s ars short AMI stout. there would have
been no ece..Ity for reef sails. am really
expecting 10 hear of her arrival at any moment
and thnk that before you so 70
bed tonight you will hear OF h also.
I knew what was doing when wrote that Challenge
knew that my boat was the better one and was not
afraid To meet the Dalntess The Dauntes' people put
foo much dcp.ndsnce IN tho sennanshp OF Captain
samuels and thought that he would pull her
through ahead anyway. Captain Cr''oy on the
Coronet Is equally as careful s"or ana no
Is man who does not say much bat Keeps
TO himself All that am now afraid ot - on the otner
side I'm Case a westerly wind Is blowing AMI there Is
likely to bs ouo the Corone may run on rock Tor they
her through. hut III tnc lOfoneC
WAS 100 niles ahead IL O'Clock as Monday morning
she will undoubtedly win by at least wenty-'onr ho"rs
and Will have plenty OF time to walt for clear weather anu
10 pirk ZIP pilot
Calculating the position OF the COronet from the loc-
going she was about 1850 mes from Ne~-lorx shd
about 200 miles in a straight line from the hnsh at
Roches Point Allowing her Ia mako 200 miles day on
her course she would reach tho finish today nut as
eastery winds seemed the prevailing WINDS uh
which she will have a. to taes @ . ,.SHra %il,
be surprising n sho does not hish TUG i~'o oei'
to morrow or Tuesday.
Lieutenant Commander r. L. Chadwick OF 'he ch'e"
States Navy was passenger on the steamship ''"o
lie stopping with re atves at No a. West o
a. m. In latitude 46' o. aud Longitude "a, ~
when schooner yacht was sighted, e.Tv STo shs vas
making good time under reeted roresa mainsal anu t
.sa was already high Those on board have expert
enced rather rough time The yaeht was loo - ,hs
for ,oo to. TO roeh %"ts p%s notice "' any pscuary
her hull. Therefore cannot sas ,O'a wne,het ahet
have since came ashore To the position OF tho
when previously sighted that the nrst yaer was
Eo torouet. singularly enough about a'3V p m' We
saw another yacht, probably the Danntess Sne
also was too far away for us to make ous dnr Mel
signals She had her topnasts housed sue wa
bsr sails At the time passed her. one oil tue
ew aI-rs Sys that the toplnass OF the Coronet eau
not housed and therefore tho Leading yaeh nus
he the Core net | can hardly beheve !na. any
yacht would be sent TO sea win p toph"hhs ,hs
mat cannot be housed. Judging by the time the
leading yacnt WAS making, and the ntervai tnat eiap
before tho second seen, should say tn"' p,b
was stance OF about so miles between them n" ,
yachts well handled and wcre making po'n ,'o
when them. As they we're running Insv ,ah Oh
eastery ,'ale they would OF course not make So u'
speed whine IL lasted" -, x,xn vaobt
There many long faces at the new .ota h, San
received giving pretty good evidence tnat barring a.v
dent the favOrite OF the cluD would ne uauS nnJ
Ever since the race was proposed the Dntess iouha
heavy hackers at the club Her owner. Mt C4lt,